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Welcome to our new Newsletter. The month of March was actually pretty cold and long. The winter does not want to leave us in Montreal. We were almost expecting spring when we were biten by some new snowstorms. We will have to wait a couple of weeks to be able to wear some lighter clothes. However, we can prepare ourselves for spring by starting to wear colorful clothes. We have some nice months ahead!!!
If you would like to stay in touch with GEOS Montreal, please join our Facebook group! Feel free to also upload pictures and share your experience with your friends and even former students. You can also be informed about our activities at anytime. Join then our group on facebookl (GEOS Montreal - activities). You can also take a look at our videos (please visit http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GEOS+MOntreal&search_type=&a... ) and have a look at the testimonials on our website (http://www.geosmontreal.com/testimonials).
If you also would like to take a look at a video about Montreal, please visit: http://vimeo.com/12111078
In our school, we had some changes: Marikym, finished her internship and decided to go to Brazil to teach French to some Brazilian planning to move to Canada. Lucky them! Naoko has already been taking over the activities organization for almost three weeks now. Naoko is introducing herself below:
"My name is Naoko Toyama, I am currently doing my internship at GEOS Montreal as an activity coordinator. I truly enjoy working here as I always get to meet wonderful people from all over the world! I am also studying French here, and I have been learning a lot so far…more to come! As for my background, I am originally from Japan and came to Montreal in 2006 to study at McGill University. I studied Linguistics and Psychology and graduated last year. In my past time, I enjoy travelling, meeting new people, discovering fun places in Montreal, cooking and exercising (I love Aikido and Zumba). I will be more than happy to help you get to know this wonderful city which I fell in love with…and I am still in love! There are so many festivals, shows, restaurants, bars, clubs and places to visit in Montreal that you will never get bored here! I always seek for new experiences and I am excited to share them with you as we do various activities together!"
Naoko Toyama
Internship, 3 months at GEOS Montreal
Activity Coordinator
We received wonderful news from one of our former English teachers. In fact, Mark Berube became a father of a nice little girl named Alice. All our congratulations!
Also, one of our former French teachers, Ecaterina, has about four weeks left before the arrival of her little girl.
 "Je suis été à Montréal pour trois semaine seulement, mais quand même a grâce des bons professeurs je répétais et améliorais le français. En plus de la grammaire, nous avons parlé et discuté beaucoup pendant les cours.C'est pour ça que je me peux exprimer mieux. L' équipe de Geos est très agréable et ils vous aident á tous les question. Aussi les nombreux différentes activités étaient drôle. J'ai connu beaucoup des nouvelles gens et trouvé quelques nouveau ami. Montréal est une ville merveilleuse et amusante. C'était vraiment une expérience magnifique et je me rappelle avec plaisir le temps à Montréal et à Geos. Merci beaucoup a tous!"
Judith Dietl, Italia
3 semaines de cours de francais à temps intensif
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We are very proud of our Nationality mix for this month. Currently we have 40 Nationalities represented in the school among our 210 students.
Canada: 21.43%
Saudi Arabia: 12.86%
Korea: 10.95%
Mexico: 7.14%
Brazil: 5.71%
Japan: 4.76%
France and Libya: 2.86% each
USA: 2.38%
Chile, Dominic Republic, Italy, Turkey and Venezuela: 1.90% each
Yemen, China, Vietnam and Germany: 1,43% each
Others: 16.21%
Our French beginner dates for 2011 are on the following dates: May 16, June 13, July 11, August 8, September 6 and October 1 and 31, 2011. Our French evening starting dates for beginners will be the same as the ones in the daytime for 2011.
Our next Japanese class will be in the week of June 06, 2011.
We presently have four different elective classes in English: The TOEFL, the IELTS preparation classes, our academic writing class and our writing tutorial course. In our writing tutorial course, we have two levels, one for low intermediate English students and one for advanced English students. In French, we have a “communication francaise” class.
If you are interested in any of our elective classes, feel free to contact us at info@geosmontreal.com.
 We also offer seasonal study tours/holiday group courses that students can join individually for one or two weeks.
Furthermore you can send your own group. Please fill out the study tour analysis form that you can find on our website and we will then design a program and prepare a quote for you based on the activities and accommodations requested.
You can download our 2011 School Brochure here.If you have any questions regarding the programs or the starting dates, just send us an email by CLICKING HERE
The month of March is full of excitement…spring is coming! Although it was still cold and snowy, feeling the arrival of spring, GEOS students kept themselves busy with activities!
On the first Friday of the month we went to Montreal Biodome. We enjoyed strolling in the jungle, watching beavers swim and waiting for penguins. When we excitedly arrived in the penguin area, all the penguins were sleeping. So we waited and waited for them to get up, but at the end we had to give up. Although we couldn’t see them walk and swim in their cute way, we still had fun together chatting in front of sleeping penguins! On the third Friday we had an international potluck at our student lounge. We had pizza from Italy, cheesy bread and banana cake from Brazil, chilaquiles from Mexico and pumpkin dish from Japan! We had a good time chatting over variety of food and discovered new flavor from different countries.
Every week of the month, we had lively English and French coffee talks. In these activities, GEOS students practiced their English or French over delicious coffee and cookies, talking about their culture, hobbies, plans for the weekend…anything! Cookies go fast, so I advise everyone to come early!
Want to be informed on our activities?Please don't hesiteate to ask me, check our activity group on facebook or on our website:
http://www.geosmontreal.com/activities.
What is happening in April in Montreal?
Vue sur la Relève (April 5 – 23) is a performance art festival where you can enjoy various shows in the field of dance, music, circus, etc.! http://www.vuesurlareleve.com/
La Braderie de Mode Québéçoise (April 14 -17) is a shopping event, which is also known as "the mecca of fashionistas.” It is a great way to discover what Montreal has to offer in fashion! http://www.braderiedemodequebecoise.com/
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival (April 27 - May 1) is a festival for book-lovers! The key word of this year is “diversity,” inviting over 150 writers and artists around the world. http://www.metropolisbleu.org/pl-content/
Vues d’Afrique Pan Africa International Film Festival (April 29-May 8) is a film festival where you can find more than a hundred films from African and Caribbean countries! http://www.vuesdafrique.org/
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